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Muriel Bowser: “It's not good when people take public money and drop out or…”

Featuring: Muriel Bowser, Democratic | Mayor of Washington D.C.

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Holds Press Briefing After Announcing She Won't Seek Reelection

Published | Video Starts at 28:14

I mean, public financed elections, which I think you're seeing a lot of people getting racist. I think, you know, this should be some analysis about that. It's good when everybody runs. It's not good when people take public money and drop out or don't get enough petitions or collude with each other. So I think some of that we need to take a look at. I think that there is, I think the party structure is a little bit different than it was when I, when I started running. (28:14–28:21)

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